From Ghana to Kenya, Morocco to South Africa, solar investments and project deployments are beginning to make their mark on the continent. Solar Business Focus spoke to Senegal’s former renewable energy minister, Louis Seck about how best to promote solar and other renewables in Africa.

UK solar's record-breaking 2014 looks certain to make it Europe's number one market this year. But as Peter Bennett reports, this success could prove costly to solar, exposing it to political meddling that may put the brakes on future growth

With investors looking for steady and predictable returns from their PV plant assets, monitoring technology is becoming increasingly important. Ben Willis investigates some of the capabilities offered by evolving monitoring technologies

Ontario has so far dominated the PV scene in Canada, despite huge need and potential for the technology in other parts of the country. James Montgomery weighs up solar’s prospects for taking root in Canada’s other provinces

Solar failed to win any bids in two national renewable energy auctions held in Brazil last year, despite huge interest. But with fresh auctions planned later this year, Lucy Woods asks if the solar party is about get underway for Latin America’s largest untapped solar market

With a large rural population and increasing demand for electrification, Southeast Asia is leading the way in the development of renewable energy mini-grids. Evan Scandling looks at what makes a successful mini-grid project and some of the future drivers of this burgeoning market

PV has an increasingly vital role to play in breaking Africa’s reliance on costly diesel generation. Ben Willis reports on the solar industry’s efforts to realise the potential of PV-diesel hybrid systems in Africa